February 2018

Hosted by Professor Vicky Gunn, Head of Learning and Teaching, The Glasgow School of Art The seminar will focus on how to develop an excellent student experience and will draw on relevant and diverse organization level case studies, providing an opportunity for considering delegates’ current student experience issues within a confidential peer group. This seminar will focus on: Using the TEF provider submission to help lead improvements in student experience How social justice within Higher Education can improve student experience How student…

March 2018

An event held by the CHEAD Research Alliance. Speakers include: Prof Martyn Evans, Professor of Design, Head of Manchester School of Art Research Centre, Manchester School of Art Professor Sandy Black, Professor of Fashion & Textile Design & Technology, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London Professor David Swann, Professor in Design, Sheffield Hallam University The agenda will include a presentation from the AHRC Design Leadership Fellow, Professor Paul Rodgers, that will explore applied and academic design research. Book…

This meeting follows on from the CHEAD Gallery Network Symposium which took place at Falmouth School of Art in November last year where a network mapping exercise produced these outcomes. This meeting will take place in Bath and attendees will have an opportunity to hear from Holburne Museum Director, Chris Stephens and also have an opportunity to view the State Rooms collection at Corsham Court as well as the Jerwood Drawing Prize. The Gallery Network provides a forum for exchange…

April 2018

#CHEAD2018 explored the relationships between creative HE and the creative economy as a whole and the future of creative endeavour in the UK. Main themes: Defining the creative ecology for the 21st Century Managing and creating evidence of the impact of the Creative Ecology Creative ecologies, STEAM, and the interdisciplinary

The CHEAD Leadership Programme of seminars has been running for many years and is intended to support the development of the current and next generation of academic leaders in our sector. It is aimed at people such as Programme Leaders, Associate Deans and Heads of Department who may be seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills, as well as recently appointed Deans or Heads of School. The focus of the seminars is key leadership activities through the lens of…

University Alliance has worked with Kingston University on a report and briefing: The Hidden Story: Understanding Knowledge Exchange Partnerships with the Creative Economy. The report identifies a number of reasons why the creative sector is a special case within the field of KE. Creative KE not only benefits the economy but also offers wider social benefits including creative universities as a key driver of cultural, social and economic regeneration in the regions. The report also identifies key challenges including the…

Speaker: Professor Anne Boddington, REF2021 Sub-Panel Chair for Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory Join members of the CHEAD Research Alliance at a REF2021 consultation meeting with UoA 32 Art And Design: History, Practice and Theory Sub-Panel Chair, Professor Anne Boddington to discuss the development of detailed guidance and criteria for the assessment during 2018 Book your place here

October 2018

This one-day symposium brought together senior managers, researchers and graphic design educators to explore and discuss the challenges facing graphic design research in an academic context. About If you know where to look, graphic design research is thriving (Walker 2014), and in these places, we can glimpse how graphic design contributes to new forms of knowledge and understanding. However, when it comes to institutional mechanisms for measuring research, graphic design is, with a few exceptions, yet to flourish. A report…

November 2018

An exclusive roundtable discussion and workshop organised on behalf of the All-Party Design and Innovation Group and the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design on Thursday 15th November, 2018. The event will be held in the Beacon Building at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent between 10am and 1pm. This roundtable follows on from the launch of Creative Education After Brexit in September 2017 and sets out to revisit the core themes raised in the report and how to proceed…

This meeting aims to achieve greater clarity on the issues, challenges and contexts of student employability in light of measures driving LEO, DELHE and subject level TEF. Delegates will: Identify and review successful Enterprise and Employability strategies that enhance student experience and deliver the metrics. Create opportunities for members to share their practice and perspectives Promote understanding that may be used to improve graduate outcomes This is a key meeting for the CHEAD membership, providing an opportunity to hear from…